Celebrating Yule
The history of Yule with the origins. The most important part of any Yule celebration is light – candles and bonfires.

Christmas Traditions in France and Canada
This is a gem…a collaboration between French and Canadian researchers and production teams. Includes lots of info on the origins of all aspects of holiday celebration.

Yule in Iceland
Genuine fun. A fresh look at ancient and modern traditions (of which there seem to be multitudes!). Lots of wonderful folklore here.

The Holidays for Asatru
This page describes all holidays for Asatru, the Norse Pagan religion…it has a lengthy descriptions of Norse holidays and Festivals.

UnitedWay.org
Here’s a great holiday charity site, where you can select a specific child to help with a donated gift – United Way.

Toys for Tots
The official national site, although I’ve seen many local sites as well. You can even buy and donate here online through links to eToys and Amazon.com.

UNIQUE TO THE WEB

Ancient Scottish Site — Solstice Webcam
Fantastic! Like Newgrange in Ireland, the 5,000 year-old chambered tomb called Maeshowe in Orkney, Scotland, marks the passage of winter solstice. Each year at winter solstice the setting sun shines through a small aperture above the entrance passage and strikes the back wall of the chamber. The sunset, as seen from within the tomb, is captured live by Webcam everyday through December and January.

Networkforgood.com
This site also enables you to make a donation online, with a secure, centralized channel for many U.S. charities (formerly helping.org).

Happy Christmas
Christmas with a humorous twist. This interactive site lets you share your Christmas catastrophes or the most useless gift you’ve ever received, send an electronic Christmas card, and more.

A Victorian Christmas
The Victorians took Christmas to its heights. Here’s a site that tells how to celebrate 19th century style.